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[Bautiste <au...@me...>]

N African bird. TROCHILUS You talk nonsense. EUELPIDES Well, then, just
ask it of my feet.(1) f(1) Fear had had disastrous effects upon
Euelpides' internal economy, and this his feet evidenced. TROCHILUS And
this other one, what bird is it? PISTHETAERUS I? I am a Cackling,(1)
from the land of the pheasants. f(1) The same mishap had occurred to
Pisthetaerus. EUELPIDES But you yourself, in the name of the gods! what
animal are you? TROCHILUS Why, I am a slave-bird. EUELPIDES Why, have
you been conquered by a cock? TROCHILUS No, but when my master was
turned into a peewit, he begged me to become a bird too, to follow and
to serve him. EUELPIDES Does a bird need a servant, then? TROCHILUS 'Tis
no doubt because he was a man. At times he wants to eat a dish of loach
from Phalerum; I seize my dish and fly to fetch him some. Again he wants
some pea-soup; I seize a ladle and a pot and run to get it. EUELPIDES
This is, then, truly a running-bird.(1) Come, Trochilus, do us the
kindness to call your master. f(1) The Greek word for a wren is derived
from the same root as 'to run.' TROCHILUS Why, he has just fallen asleep
after a feed of myrtle-berries and a few grubs. EUELPIDES Never mind;
wake him up. TROCHILUS I an certain he will be angry. However, I will
wake him to please you. PISTHETAERUS You cursed brute! why, I am almost
dead with terror! EUELPIDES Oh! my god! 'twas sheer fear that made me
lose my jay. PISTHETAERUS Ah! you great coward! were you so frightened
that you let go your jay? EUELPIDES And did you not lose your crow, when
you fell sprawling on the ground? Pray tell me that. PISTHETAER